Portugal:
A member State severely handicapped by the imbalance in Eaggf
Guarantee Support and needing to increase production
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JUNE 2002
Portuguese
Contribution for the Mid Term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy
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In
accordance with the Treaty on European Union, Community policies
and action are to contribute to economic and social cohesion .
There is no apparent reason why the common agricultural policy
should be any exception. The European Commission itself
acknowledges in its most recent report on economic and social
cohesion that Portugal is the only cohesion country showing
negative net transfers under the common agricultural policy. |
"Portugal: a
Member State severely handicapped by the imbalance in EAGGF Guarantee
support and needing to increase production - Portuguese contribution
for the mid term review of the common agricultural policy"
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According to Article 159 (ex Article
130b), "The formulation and implementation of the Community's
policies and actions (...) shall take into account the objectives set
out in Article 158 [economic and social cohesion] and shall contribute
to their achievement. The Community shall also support the achievement
of these objectives by the action it takes through the Structural Funds
(...), the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial
instruments".
